John C Cusick wrote:
>
> To All,
>
> I'm trying to install redhat 6.1 on on an older '486
> without a cdrom. I've done this many times before
> with earlier versions of redhat up to 5.2 w/no probs.
>
> I'm using the bootnet.img and the install fails with
> "unable to mount filesystem" message when I try
> to mount the nfs volume /mnt/cdrom on the nfs host.
>
> Anyone else here experience this. I hate to buy a cdrom
> drive because even though they're cheap, this is a box
> at work and they are supposed to be paying me, not the
> other way around :-)
>
> Thanks
>
> JC
Having not tried this type of install yet, do you put in ip info before
you get to this point? If so, can you ping this box from the one that is
holding the cdrom? It sounds like (at least from your description so
far) that the network connection isn't working properly yet.
Let me know if I can help any further.
--
Brian Howe
"Insanity is doing the same thing over
and over and expecting different results."
